Groucho-on-the-Rye

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Last Sunday MP Harriet Harman (left) joined swimmers gathered on the grass where the old Peckham Lido flourished until 1987. The publicity was to help raise a further £22,000 to take the proposed Olympic-sized pool and leisure centre on to the next stage. Crowdfunding has been boosted by the mayor office's recent pledge of £7,500 towards the campaign. Supporters believe that anyone living near Peckham Rye will want to support this plan to restore a great community asset and make our wonderful park even better. However, not everyone is in favour of municipal swimming, or in further concreting the green area, which is about to have a 400-pupil school, with no carpark, built nearby.

Monday, 23 June 2014

Lots of developments are being proposed -- and fought -- in Peckham right now. The Car Park (and Bold Tendency/Franks Cafe) has had a stay of execution for further research to show how it could be converted into a permanent cultural centre (vide the Midsummer Sibelius), the station is still in discussion, and Southwark is proposing a tower block that will blight the view of the city .

All these issues, and many more, are the concern of Peckham Vision, who are encouraging people to connect in to their flow of information in the following ways:You can sign up for the roughly monthly summary email updates. Email info@peckhamvision.org.